System and Method that Internally Converts PowerPoint Non-Editable and Motionless Presentation Mode Slides Into Editable and Mobile Presentation Mode Slides (iSlides)

ABSTRACT

The invention is packed into an iSlide-Add-in for PowerPoint that, on the one hand, overcomes all interactivity flaws reported by the active audience literature and conference speakers&#39; experience; on the other hand, it overcomes dependency from external elements and removes concerns about security and vulnerability. iSlides is a system because it installs the iSlide-Add-in from the executable software iSlidesInstaller.exe  10, 20.  The iSlide-Add-in augments PowerPoint main ribbon options with a new I-SLIDE tab  31.  This new option allows the insertion of a variety of iSlides (interactive slides), which highest feature is that text in them all are editable in PowerPoint presentation mode. Additionally all type of text objects are editable, resized and mobile in PowerPoint presentation mode  22  and external forms (images, pictures) are resized and mobile. iSlides is a method since a PowerPoint user follows simple steps to insert as many interactive slides into the presentation as the presentation interactive events require. There is a typically PowerPoint set of steps to design the iSlide in PowerPoint design mode and there is new set of steps that the presenter has to follow to edit, resize and move text objects and resize and move external objects in PowerPoint presentation mode.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to the world's most popular presentationsoftware—Power Point. PowerPoint operates under two modes: edit andslideshow. Text creating and positioning is possible in edit mode only;embedded objects final positioning is also possible in edit mode only.This arise awkward situations whenever a presenter is in presentationmode and wishes or needs to do some editing.

Particularly, the present invention enhances PowerPoint with a newfunctionality. The new functionality makes PowerPoint capable of textediting and object editing and moving in slideshow mode. Thus, theinvention overcomes PowerPoint reported shortcomings.

A very important invention's externality are the benefits generated foraudiences, such as presentations content retention improvement,executive meetings effectiveness development, students learningimprovement, among many others.

2. State of the Art

Scientific evidence shows that in most presentations the presenter takesan active role and the audience assumes a passive role. Thispresentation style exhibits a very low effectiveness level compared toother methods where presenter and audience interact (Schrad, 2010).Classical examples relate to business meetings, conferencepresentations, and educational lectures, where it is difficult for thepresenter to integrate participants' feedback into the PowerPointpresentation. Some problems with this type of presentations are lowcontent retention, ineffectiveness to inspire interest on subjectpresented, trouble to assist skill development, and distress to motivateaudiences (Bligh, 1998).

The evidence also points out that PowerPoint supported conferences donot increase audience retention compared with conferences that useoverhead projectors or Web presentations (Bartsch, 2003), (Savvoy,2009).

A solution the active-presenter passive-audience situation includesconverting the audience into an active participant (Prince, 2004). Theliterature suggests presenters engage audiences through interactivemethods, such as problem solving, discussion, role playing exercises,feedback, collaborative meetings, and generating instances of questionsand answers at conferences. These methods have demonstrated to be betterthan those with passive audience, to increase retention levels, improvedecision-making, increase idea generation, facilitate critical thinking,among other advantages (Silberman. 1995).

However, the challenge for the presenter is twofold, first to generateinstances for such audience participation and second to manageaudience's feedback to use it as input for the participation process.

Presentation software, such as PowerPoint, was developed at a time whenactive-presenter and passive-audience style was the dominant setting.The software replaced the slide and overhead projectors (Bartsch, 2003).

PowerPoint, and other presentation software, revolutionized the planningof conference content presentations (Kosslyn, 2012); however, thepresenter-audience interaction remained the same as well as thesituations described above (Burke, 2009).

Therefore. PowerPoint, and similar presentation software, do not allowthe use of interactive methods in conferences, nor facilitatescollaborative meetings implementation. PowerPoint neither allows slideupdating in presentation mode so the presenter may collect audience'sfeedback and incorporate it into the presentation.

Microsoft periodically releases new versions of its Office suit withimproved functionalities. The latest 2013 and 365 PowerPoint versionsdid not include presentation mode editing facilities. Other agencieshave also attempted to include interactivity in presentation mode.

A search into U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) database found426 documents that include the words ‘slideshow’ or ‘slide show’ in itsclaims; 60 of those documents are assigned to Microsoft.

Documents analyses showed that some documents describe systems andmethods associated to slideshow software applications, wheremodification or editing is feasible in presentation mode; however, thedocuments found describe the use of external systems, applications ordatabases; the modification is made in these external elements, and thenincorporated into the slide displayed in presentation mode.

The closest documents were U.S. Pat. No. 6,836,870 and U.S. Pat. No.5,917,480. The first describes the use of a second window to make thechanges through a COM server. This document not only reports the use ofexternal elements, but also the use of an ActiveX control, which “maypose security risks because they can contain code intended to attackhosts and servers on a protected network” (Cisco Systems, 2014).

The second document describes the inclusion of a control monitor, seenonly by the presenter, with three functionalities: speaker note takingassociated to particular slides; minutes taking to record notes duringthe presentation; and creation of new slides inserted at thepresentation end. In brief, it is a tool for the presenter to interactwith his/her presentation.

None of the documents found describe characteristics associated withpresentation software such as PowerPoint, in which slide modification orediting is done directly within PowerPoint presentation mode and usingthe same presentation software.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention is packed into an iSlide-Add-in for PowerPoint that, onthe one hand, overcomes all interactivity flaws reported by the activeaudience literature and conference speakers' experience; on the otherhand, it overcomes dependency from external elements and removesconcerns about security and vulnerability.

iSlides is a system because it installs the iSlide-Add-in from theexecutable software iSlidesInstaller.exe 10, 20. The iSlide-Add-inaugments PowerPoint main ribbon options with a new I-SLIDE tab 31. Thisnew option allows the insertion of a variety of iSlides (interactiveslides), which highest feature is that text, in them all, are editablein PowerPoint presentation mode. Additionally all type of text objectsare editable, resized and mobile in PowerPoint presentation mode 22 andexternal objects, such as images and pictures are resized and mobile.

iSlides is a method since a PowerPoint user follows simple steps toinsert as many interactive slides into the presentation as thepresentation interactive events require. There is a typically PowerPointset of steps to design the iSlide in PowerPoint design mode and there isnew set of steps that the presenter has to follow to edit text and moveand edit objects in PowerPoint presentation mode.

Technically, every time a designed presentation is launched intopresentation mode, the invention takes control of the presentation mode,managing both PowerPoint traditional static slides and the newPowerPoint dynamic slides (iSlides). The iSlide-Add-in does nothing ifit checks that the slide in presentation mode is a conventionalPowerPoint slide, presentation control remains within PowerPoint. If theiSlide-Add-in checks that the presentation the slide in presentationmode is an iSlide, it changes the presentation mode configuration,suppressing all commands available through PowerPoint Shortcut Tools;the ‘Esc’ key function is the one that remains to allow returning todesign mode. Presentation mode control is taken by the iSlide-Add-inthrough its three layers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

In order to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of theiSlide-Add-in invention, the following sections summary of invention anddetailed description of the embodiments will make reference to 19illustrative drawings, which are presented at the end of this document.The drawings illustrate principles of the invention and, although not toscale, show relative dimensions.

FIG. 1 is a typical desktop, laptop or netbook block diagram depictingthe system requirements for the iSlide-Add-in to be installed in MSOffice 2013 or MS Office 365.

FIG. 2 is a typical mobile device block diagram depicting the systemrequirements for the iSlide-Add-in to be installed in MS Office 2013 orMS Office 365.

FIG. 3 is the Microsoft .NET framework block diagram. .NET Frameworkmanages de relationship between the operating system and the end userapplications.

FIG. 4 is the iSlide-Add-in internal layers structure block diagram.

FIG. 5 is PowerPoint new I-SLIDE functionality block diagram.

FIG. 6 is an unified modeling language (UML) sequence diagram to installthe invention.

FIG. 7 is an UML sequence diagram to execute the invention.

FIG. 8 is an UML sequence diagram revealing a typical interactionbetween a user and the iSlide system invention.

FIG. 9 is an UML sequence diagram to resize an object within theinvention.

FIG. 10 is an UML sequence diagram to move an object with the invention.

FIG. 11 is an UML sequence diagram to insert and delete text with theinvention.

FIG. 12 is an UML sequence diagram to delete text with the invention.

FIG. 13 shows a block diagram of PowerPoint design mode, where I-SLIDEScommands are selected.

FIG. 14 shows a Whiteboard iSlide block diagram in PowerPointpresentation mode.

FIG. 15 shows a Bullet iSlide block diagram in PowerPoint presentationmode.

FIG. 16 shows a Matrix iSlide block diagram in PowerPoint presentationmode.

FIG. 17 shows a Textboxes iSlide block diagram in PowerPointpresentation mode.

FIG. 18 shows a Hierarchy iSlide block diagram in PowerPointpresentation mode.

FIG. 19 is a specialized iSlide block diagram in PowerPoint presentationmode.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The System

The iSlide system will work in whatever system that support MS Officesoftware, versions 2013 and 365. Such systems are, on the one hand,desktop computers with Windows 7 or later versions operation system orcomputers with iOS operation system and, on the other hand, mobiledevices with Windows 8 operating system or iOS 8 operating system. TheiSlide system works independently from the devise configuration, whichmay vary from stand alone to network installations.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram representing a desktop, laptop or netbooksystem in which the invention works. It consist of a central processor101, a random access memory 102 and an internal bus 103, which connectsall computer components. The system also includes hard disk(s) 104,display unit 105, keyboard 106 and mouse 107. Further, the system maylikewise comprise CD-ROM/DVD units 108, network connectivity (cable andWi-Fi) 109, printer(s) 110 and other devices 111. The most relevantelement for the invention to work is the downloading, into the harddisk, the iSlide-Add-in software installation executable application:iSlidesInstaller.exe 10.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram representing a mobile system (tablet,smartphone) in which the invention works. It consist of a centralprocessor 201, a random access memory 202 and an internal bus 203, whichconnects all computer components. The system also includes hard disk(s)204, and a display unit 205. Further, the system may likewise comprise,network connectivity (cable and Wi-Fi) 209, printer(s) 210 and otherdevices 211. The most relevant element for the invention to work is thedownloading, into the hard disk, the iSlide-Add-in software installationexecutable application: iSlidesInstaller.exe 20.

FIG. 3 shows that the invention, as an end user application, works in aMS Office environment. The invention integrates to PowerPoint throughthe Microsoft provided ‘application programming interface’ (API).

An application programming interface is a software component withfunctions and procedures to be used by another application or component;it also allows code reuse.

The programming of the iSlide-Add-in uses Visual Studio Tool for Office(VSTO) 305. VSTO is a set of development tools for developmentenvironment and a runtime execution environment. It works in Microsoft.NET framework 301.

.NET framework is a software component that may be included into MSoperating system 302. The component is a set of predefined solutions forgeneral application programming, execution and management. .NET unifiessoftware applications developed in Visual Basic .NET 306 and C#within aCommon Language Runtime 303. The complements are developed in aprogramming language attuned with the Common Language Infrastructure307.

The iSlides-Add-in 304 is an end user software application thatcomplements PowerPoint, adding functionalities not presently availablein PowerPoint. The iSlide-Add-in, in PowerPoint presentation mode.discriminates whether the slide is static or dynamic. If the slide isstatic, that is, it is a PowerPoint slide, the iSlide-Add-in doesnothing and slide control remains with PowerPoint. If the slide isdynamic, that is, it is an iSlide; the iSlide-Add-in suppresses allavailable PowerPoint commands through PowerPoint Shortcut Tools andtakes control. The iSlide-Add-in works the dynamic slides in threelayers: communication, transition, and presentation mode, as illustratedin FIG. 4.

The communication layer 401 implements the dialog with the user. If theuser is using a desktop, laptop or netbook, such as the ones describedin FIG. 1, there are two options for the communications: a tool bar 404and a mouse activated contextual menu 405. If the user is using a mobiledevice, such as the one described in FIG. 2, there is one touch optionfor the communication, the tool bar 404.

The communication layer actives/deactivates/modifies text and objectsettings in presentation mode running time. It is an upper left tool barthat includes a communication interface in order to transfer data withiSlide-Add-in external components. The communication layer is theiSlide-Add-in core, because it interacts with PowerPoint nativecommunication base. This allows saving permanently changes made to aniSlide in presentation mode. The transition layer 402 is where thedynamic characteristics of iSlides take place in presentation mode. Eachpresentation mode element format change (form, size, color, and content,among others) are first done within this layer and then passed to thereal slideshow presentation. The presentation layer 403 is the samePowerPoint slideshow presentation, with PowerPoint commands suppressedand controlled by the transition layer.

Communication between iSlide-Add-in layers is done through messagepassing, as user-presentation interaction demands. For example, if theuser activates the dynamic mode in the toolbar. this will inform thepresentation layer that it should pay attention to any user interaction(with both keyboard and mouse). It then informs the communication layerthat it should deliver the interaction information to the transitionlayer to reflect the result of user's interactions (resizing a form,update content, moving an object from its original location to another,etc.).

FIG. 6 is an UML sequence diagram to install the invention. The useractivates iSlidesInstaller.exe to install the invention 601, theinstaller requests installation authorization to the operating system602. Once the operating system provides the authorization 603, theinstaller unpacks the invention into the user computer hard disk 604.After unpacking is successfully completed 605, the installer providesthe iSlide-Add-in configuration to the operating system 606 which savesthe relevant records 607. The installation finishes with aniSlide-Add-in installer and user notification and acceptance panel 608.

FIG. 7 is an UML sequence diagram that shows how to execute theinvention. The invention execution stage activates when the user startsPowerPoint 701. while PowerPoint is loaded, it verifies availablecomplements (iSlide-Add-in) and loads the iSlides-Add-in 702. Once theiSlide-Add-in is loaded 703 PowerPoint is initiated 704. The userinserts one iSlide 705 or more iSlides 706 and the user sees the addediSlides 707. The user activates PowerPoint presentation mode 708 and theiSlide-Add-in checks for iSlides presence and starts slideshow 709.

FIG. 8 is an UML sequence diagram revealing a typical interactionbetween a user and the iSlide system invention; in this case a textboxes iSlide.

FIG. 5 is an archetype for all iSlides types: Whiteboard iSlide 501,Bullet iSlide 502, Matrix iSlide 503, Hierarchy iSlide 504, TextboxiSlide 505; as well as access to numerous group commands: BusinessiSlides 506, Medical iSlides 507, and more specialized iSlides 508. Thesystem will work under conditions: presentation mode must be active; thepresentation must have at least one dynamic slide; and the actual slidemust be an iSlide. The user initiates the presentation (pressing F5 orselecting SLIDE SHOW/From Beginning) 801. PowerPoint starts thepresentation 802 and user sees the presentation 803. The invention(iSlide Add-in) loads tool bar and contextual menu 804 and hides themenu until is recall by the user 805 and the iSlide-Add-in shows themenu tool bar 806. User may now begin dynamic interaction with theiSlide by pressing de dynamic icon in Textbox iSlide 807. System loads808 and hides 809 text and forms and user may load and write as manytext boxes as desired. User may deactivate dynamic mode at any time.

FIG. 9 is an UML sequence diagram that shows how to resize an objectwithin the invention, the user selects with the mouse in a desktop, orby a touch in a mobile device, an iSlide form in PowerPoint presentationmode 901 which generates a facsimile in the transition layer 902, 903and it is visible for the user 904. The user clicks with the mouse oneof the form extremes and drags it to its new position 905, 906. Thecommunication layer keeps synchrony between transition and presentationmode layers 907. Once the drag is completed, the form is in its newposition in both layers transition and presentation mode 908. As changesare visible in the presentation mode laver, they are visible to the useras well 909.

FIG. 10 is an LIME sequence diagram that shows how to move an objectwith the invention. The user selects with the mouse in a desktop, or bya touch in a mobile device, an iSlide form in PowerPoint presentationmode 1001. The iSlide-Add-in identifies the selected form 1002; thetransition layer reads the form location 1003 and generates a form copyin the transition layer (TextBoxTool) 1004. The selected form is visiblefor the user 1005. The user clicks and drags the form to move it 1006and the transition layer reads the new position 1007 and update localposition 1008. The transition layer requests presentation mode layer toupdate original form position 1009 and the user sees the moved form1010.

FIG. 11 is an LIME sequence diagram that shows how to insert and deletetext with the invention. The user selects Insert text button 1101, whichis detected by the transition layer 1102 and the text field is added tothe transition and presentation mode layers 1103. Edit mode is thusready 1104 for the user to enter new text 1105, 1106. The user entersthe edit mode 1108 into the selected form through the keyboard 1109.Data entered is captured by the transition mode 1110 layer andpresentation mode layer 1111.

FIG. 12 is an UML sequence diagram to delete text with the invention.The user selects the form to be deleted 1201, which is copied into thetransition layer 1202, showed on the presentation mode layer 1203 andseen by the user 1204. The user clicks on the delete button from thetool bar menu 1205, which is read by the transition layer 1206, whichhides the form 1207 and copies the information into the presentationmode layer 1208. The user sees the result 1209.

The ways the three iSlide-Add-in layers work (presentation, transitionand communication layers) is by allowing the insertion of all type offorms in an iSlide. Combinations of forms generate specialized iSlides.Examples of specialized iSlides for business and engineering are: Porter5 Forces, Balanced Scorecard, SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities,and Threats), PEST (Political, Economic, Social, and Technological),Business Model CANVAS Strategy Design & Implementation, Mind map,Business Excellence (EFQM), McKinsey 7s Framework, and Risk/ImpactMatrix. Examples of specialized iSlides for education are:Brainstorming, Spider of Ideas, Comparisons, Domino Effect, SemanticMap, Definitions, Fishbone, Snapshot, Cause and effect, Pros and Cons.Differences and Similarities. Examples of other specialized iSlides are:Concept Mapping, Mind Mapping, and Outlining.

The Method

The iSlide method will work if PowerPoint and iSlidesInstaller.exe 10,20 are in the system hard disk 104, 204. Once iSlidesInstaller.exe islaunched, an installation panel opens providing information regardinglicensing agreement, installation folder and so forth. Afterinstallation PowerPoint will show a new tab in its main ribbon:I-SLIDES, usually at the ribbon's right end 500.

In PowerPoint design mode, the tab I-SLIDES allows the insertion ofvarious iSlides: Whiteboard iSlide 501, Bullet iSlide 502, Matrix iSlide503, Hierarchy iSlide 504, Text boxes iSlide 505; as well as access tonumerous group commands: Business iSlides 506, Medical iSlides 507. MoreSpecialized iSlides 508.

FIG. 13 shows a block diagram of PowerPoint design mode, where theoption I-SLIDES is selected 1301 and five iSlides have been insertedfrom the iSlides commands. The PowerPoint slide sorter includes thedefault PowerPoint title slide 1302, Whiteboard iSlide 1303 BulletiSlide 1304, Matrix iSlide 1305, Text boxes iSlide 1306. HierarchyiSlide 1307. In PowerPoint design mode, iSlides work faithfully alike aPowerPoint slide; thus, they may be edited during presentation designtime.

iSlides performance is different to PowerPoint slides in presentationmode. iSlides are dynamic. Dynamic iSlides, in design mode, text andobjects are editable and positioned just as any other PowerPoint slide.In presentation mode. PowerPoint slides are neither editable nor mobileand iSlides-Add-in slides are either editable or mobile. Text andobjects are editable and their position may be changed. An iSlide has acontextual menu, or tool bar, that allows changes in text and objects,in presentation mode. The tool bar activates from both the icon at theiSlide up left corner and the mouse left button. Possible actions inpresentation mode are activate/deactivate dynamic mode and enter editmode (insert, delete, change format settings).

Text editing is through keyboard either for insertion or deletion.Resizing objects is by selecting the object, holding one of the object'svertices with the mouse and drag to resize it. Changes in format settingare through the mouse right button or the menu tool bar at the screentop left corner.

Specifically, FIG. 14 shows a Whiteboard iSlide block diagram inPowerPoint presentation mode. It includes the tool bar menu at the topleft corner 1401 with three options: activate/deactivate dynamic mode,insert textbox, and delete textbox. The diagram also shows four insertedtextboxes, three present their contents 1402 and one is in edit mode1403. One of the textboxes also shows the ‘SizeAllCursor’ indicatingthat the form is mobile 1404.

FIG. 15 shows a Bullet iSlide block diagram in PowerPoint presentationmode. It includes the tool bar menu at the top left corner 1501 withthree options: activate/deactivate dynamic mode, insert bullet textbox,and delete bullet textbox. The diagram also shows four bulletedtextboxes 1502, the iSlide title text box in editing mode 1503 and‘SizeDiagCursor’ indicating that the form is resizable.

FIG. 16 shows a Matrix iSlide block diagram in PowerPoint presentationmode. It includes the tool bar menu at the top left corner 1601 withthree options: activate/deactivate dynamic mode, insert column or row,and delete column or row. The diagram also shows three cells with textentered 1602 and a fourth cell in edit mode 1603. Title box is alsoeditable, mobile and resizable. Matrix is resizable too.

FIG. 17 shows a Textboxes iSlide block diagram in PowerPointpresentation mode. It includes the tool bar menu at the top left corner1701 with three options: activate/deactivate dynamic mode, insertcolored textbox, and delete colored textbox. The diagram also shows twocolored textboxes with contents entered 1702 and one colored textbox inedit mode 1703.

The diagram also shows the ‘SizeDiagCursor’ indicating that the coloredtextbox is resizable 1704 and the ‘SizeAllCursor’ indicating that thecolored textboxes are mobile 1705. FIG. 18 shows a Hierarchy iSlideblock diagram in PowerPoint presentation mode. It includes the tool barmenu at the top left corner 1801 with a three options:activate/deactivate dynamic mode, insert linked colored textbox, anddelete linked colored textbox. The diagram also shows three linked 1803textboxes 1803, one of them is in editing mode 1805. The diagram alsoillustrates the ‘SizeDiagCursor’ indicating that the linked coloredtextbox is resizable 1806 and the ‘SizeAllCursor’ indicating that thelinked colored textboxes are mobile 1804.

FIG. 19 is a specialized iSlide block diagram in PowerPoint presentationmode. It includes the tool bar menu at the top left corner and 1901 anda combination of linked textboxes depicting a comparison 1902. Forms inthis iSlide are combinations of forms in FIG. 14 to FIG. 18. henceediting, moving and resizing are inherited. Many other specializediSlides are also available.

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Although embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, itis to be understood chat various modifications, substitutions, andrearrangements of parts, componentes, and/or process (method) steps, aswell as other uses and design of the System and Method that InternallyConverts PowerPoint Non-Editable and Motionless Presentation Mode SlidesInto Editable and Mobile Presentation Mode Slides (iSlides) can be madeby those skilled in the art without departing from the novel spirit andscope of this invention.

what is claimed is:
 1. A software application (iSlide-Add-in), to be runby a computer system, which includes a set of instructions that whenexecuted perform the steps of: install the iSlide-Add-in in thecomputer's hard disk; unpacks the said iSlide-Add-in into the installedPowerPoint version of the said computer system; activate theiSlide-Add-in every time PowerPoint is opened; enhance PowerPointinstalled version in the said computer with a new functionality:interactivity in presentation mode; show a new I-SLIDE tab at the rightof PowerPoint's main ribbon; insert dynamic iSlides from the I-SLIDEtab; allow coexistence of iSlides and PowerPoint slides; edit, resizeand move iSlides' texts and objects in PowerPoint design mode; activatedynamic mode allowing editing, resizing and moving iSlides' texts andobjects in PowerPoint presentation mode or slide-show; and do nothing ifthe slide in presentation mode is a conventional PowerPoint slide. 2.The software application of claim 1, wherein edit, resize and moveiSlides' texts and objects in PowerPoint presentation mode or slide-showincludes: adding new plain lines of text, new bulleted lines of text,new text boxes, new text in cells and new text in linked/related boxes;editing plain lines of text, bulleted lines of text, text boxes, text incells and text in Linked/related boxes; change font characteristics,that is, type, size and color; resize text container boxes, either withor without border; relocate text container boxes, either with or withoutborder; align text at left, center, right or justified within itscontainer textbox form; and wherein non-text objects, such as images,graphs, drawings, and others may be resized and relocated.
 3. Thesoftware application of claim 1, wherein Insert dynamic iSlides from thePowerPoint I-SLIDE tab includes the insertion of a variety of iSlides:Whiteboard, Bulleted. Textboxes, Matrix, Hierarchy, and SpecializediSlides, wherein: Whiteboard iSlide is a presentation mode PowerPointinteractive slide that substitutes the use of a whiteboard orpaperboard, such iSlide is a blank iSlide that inserts Bulleted text,which is editable, resized and mobile in presentation mode; BulletediSlide is a presentation mode PowerPoint iSlide that inserts one or twocolumns of Bulleted texts, wherein all Bulleted texts are editable,resized and mobile in presentation mode; Textboxes iSlide is apresentation mode PowerPoint iSlide that contains text boxes that can beedited, resized and repositioned; Matrix iSlide is a presentation modePowerPoint iSlide that generates crosstabs, wherein columns and rows areadded activating the editing mode and texts are editable and columns androws mobile in presentation mode; Hierarchy iSlide is a presentationmode PowerPoint iSlide that contains related text boxes, which areeditable, resized, repositioned and relationships redefined; andSpecialized iSlides is a Presentation mode PowerPoint interactivespecialized iSlides that combine forms in the previous iSlidesgenerating many well-known technical diagrams.
 4. The softwareapplication of claim 3, wherein the Whiteboard iSlide is a blankinteractive slide that in PowerPoint presentation mode inserts emptytext lines that receive text, which may freely be located on the screen,where in the inserting operation may be repeated as many times ascommanded, wherein text lines may be edited and deleted, the ext linesbasic format elements may also be changed, such as font type, font size,font color and the text in text form may be aligned at left, center,right or justified.
 5. The software application of claim 3, wherein theBulleted iSlide is a blank interactive slide that in PowerPointpresentation mode inserts empty bulleted text lines that accept text,wherein the user enters the bulleted text and may be freely located onthe screen; wherein the Bulleted text line insertion may be repeated asmany times as instructed; Locating bulleted text lines may accommodatedin one or two columns; Bulleted text lines may be edited and deleted;Bulleted text lines basic format elements may also be changed, such asfont type, font size, and font color; Bulleted text lines may be alignedat left, center, right or justified.
 6. The software application ofclaim 3, wherein the Textboxes iSlide is an interactive slide that inPowerPoint presentation inserts empty textboxes, by default theTextboxes iSlide come with three empty textboxes, wherein the text isentered into the boxes and they may be freely located on the screen;more textboxes may be inserted and freely located on the screen; whereinthis operation may be repeated as many times as desired; and the Text inboxes may be edited and deleted; wherein the text in boxes basic formatelements may also be changed, such as font type, font size, and fontcolor and text aligned at left, center, right or justified; the text inboxes may be inserted and deleted and may be change such as size andposition and may also be changed such as background color.
 7. Thesoftware application of claim 3, wherein the matrix iSlide is a dynamiciSlide that inserts a doubly entry table, by default the Matrix iSlidecomes with five empty columns and five empty rows and by default cellsin the Matrix iSlide come with the typically PowerPoint light bluecolor; wherein the Text is entered into the cells; more columns and rowsmay be inserted; rows and columns may change position; the text in cellsmay be edited and deleted; the text in cells basic format elements mayalso be changed, such as font type, font size, and font color; the cellsbasic format elements may also be changed such as background color; andthe ext in cells may be aligned at left, center, right or justified. 8.The software application of claim 3, wherein the Hierarchy iSlide is aninteractive slide that in PowerPoint presentation mode insertslinked/related textboxes, such as in an organigram, by default theHierarchy iSlide comes with three linked empty colored boxes, one abovethe other two and with two pre-drawn lines from the above box to thebellow boxes; wherein by default textboxes in the Hierarchy iSlide comewith three different colors.; the text is entered into the textboxes;more colored empty textboxes and linking lines may be inserted; Coloredtextboxes and linking lines may change position; the text in textboxesmay be edited and deleted; the text in textboxes basic format elementsmay also be changed, such as font type, font size, and font color; thetextbox basic format elements may also be changed such as backgroundcolor; the textboxes may be resized and relocated; the text in textboxesmay be aligned at left, center, right or justified.
 9. The softwareapplication of claim 3, wherein the Specialized iSlides are made up by:combining, editing, resizing and relocating forms and connectors;combinations of forms and connectors reproduce diagrams frequently usedin several professional areas, such as business, engineering,educational, medical and the like; such as those used in business andengineering: Porter 5 Forces, Balanced Scorecard, SWOT (Strengths,Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats), PEST (Political, Economic,Social, and Technological), Business Model CANVAS. Strategy Design &Implementation, Mind map, Business Excellence (EFQM), McKinsey 7sFramework, and Risk/Impact Matrix. Such as specialized iSlides used ineducation: Brainstorming, Spider of Ideas, Comparisons, Domino Effect,Semantic Map, Definitions, Fishbone, Snapshot, Cause and effect, Prosand Cons, Differences and Similarities. Such as other specializediSlides: Concept Mapping, Mind Mapping, and Outlining.
 10. The softwareapplication of claim 1, further include saving a presentation thatcontains iSlides, including changes occurred in presentation mode, isthrough PowerPoint saving commands; FILE/Save, or FILE/Save As, orControl and S keys simultaneously.
 11. The software application (iSlideAdd-in) of claim 1, is a native software to PowerPoint since itscomponents and class functionalities structure are programmed andcompiled through .NET Framework, comprising: one type of iSlide-Add-incomponent is the Add-in as such, since it has methods that allow editingattributes of elements present in a presentation; second types ofcomponents are libraries that extend iSlide-Add-in functionalities, arestructured as data definition language (DDL) files and are made up of aset of classes; a first iSlide-Add-in component class is an ‘ArrayFunctions’ that manages arrays changes from dynamic to static stages; asecond iSlide-Add-in component class is a ‘PointFunctions’ thatorganizes and generates methods to manage elements position on theiSlide as well as mouse clicked forms selection: a third iSlide-Add-incomponent class is ‘ScreenFunctions’ that reads output device resolutionto adjust iSlides presentation mode; a fourth iSlide-Add-in componentclass is ‘Slide Function’ that manages forms in an iSlide, iSlidesthemselves and iSlides presentation mode; a fifth iSlide-Add-incomponent class is ‘TableFunctions’ that implements functions to workwith matrix structures in presentation mode; a first library componentclass is ‘Toolbar’ that manages the functionalities available in thetoolbar at the iSlide top left corner. It includes activate/deactivateedit mode, insert and delete form elements; a second library componentclass is ‘ContexMenu’ that implements a contextual menu, which isactivated with the mouse right button; the menu opens wherever it is themouse cursor; a third library component class ‘Text-BoxLayer’ thatcreates a copy of a selected form, the copied form may be edited, moved,deleted and the result reflected into presentation mode: and a fourthlibrary component class is ‘InsertHierarchyToSlide’ that managesrectangular and connector forms; connectors are linked to rectangularforms; and where Message layers passing are performed by the‘ToolBarLib’ library ‘Toolbar Extra’ class, including ‘listeners’,‘containers’ and ‘notifications’ for the messages.
 12. The softwareapplication of claim 1, comprising: programmed and compiled in .NETFramework, the iSlide-Add-in gets away from security risks and assuresiSlides miming time performance equal to conventional PowerPoint slides;new PowerPoint interactivity provides a platform for active-presenterand active-audience approach to conference delivery; audiences inbusiness meetings, conference presentations, educational lectures, amongmany other situations in which PowerPoint is used, now do have optionsof submitting comments or feedback and the presenter may capture them inany of the iSlides; presenters may more easily follow literaturesuggestions for presenters engaging audiences through interactivemethods, such as problem solving, discussion, role playing exercises,feedback, collaborative meetings, and generating instances of questionsand answers at conferences; use of these methods provide the externalityof increasing retention levels, improving decision-making, increasingideas generation, and facilitating critical thinking, among otheradvantages of interactivity; and iSlides interactivity in PowerPointpresentation mode, allow active presenters to handle the challenge forgenerating instances for audience participation and manage receivedaudience feedback to use it as input for the participation process. 13.A system to run the software application (iSlide-Add-in), comprising acomputer desk top, notebook or netbook with operating system Windows 7or later versions or iOS operation system installed or tablet or mobiledevice with operating system Windows 8 or iOS 8 installed.
 14. Thesystem of the claim 13, wherein the computer has Microsoft PowerPoint2013 or 365 installed.